After years of official silence, the U.S. Air Force Secretary and the U.S. Space Force have confirmed for the first time that America has placed space control weapons in orbit.
A U.S. Space Command official framed the news as a landmark moment.
China and Russia have responded.
The announcement ends years of official silence. Those weapons have already been deployed.
The military did not say what kinds of weapons or how many are up there. The official statement offered no specifics. That detail remains classified. The exact number is unknown.
The acknowledgment has gone public. Now the world is aware.
The U.S. military has not explained what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly is still unclear.